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Allana Pierce

@tsviallana.bsky.social
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Teacher for students with deafblindness, visual impairments, and blindness. Canada

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Walter Wittich @walterwittich.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Looking for a profession where you can make a difference? Become a vision rehabilitation professional! Our programs are available in both English and French - Application deadline is February 1st each year to start in the following September admission.umontreal.ca/en/programs/...
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Master in Vision Sciences - Visual Impairment and Rehabilitation (English)
Gain the required knowledge and skills to provide rehabilitation services, in English, to people living with visual impairment.
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Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
Laws: www.acb.org/whitecane
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Erika Fundelius @erikatvicoms.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
When a major corp actually may cause more harm than help. @HomeDepot did you know that a white cane is a prescribed med. device that O&M, PT, and Rehab specialists measure to size & train people in its use? #StayInYourLane #Disability www.homedepot.com/p/Drive-Medi...
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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 09/03/2024
Really conveys the challenges around having to constantly recontextualize social interactions because she doesn’t have enough detail about cues that are obvious to everyone else. The details about how she does routine tasks and how she experiences the world are great.
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
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Allana Pierce @tsviallana.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
Great video from CVI Scotland that discusses CVI overload and how you can help - being aware of indicators leading to meltdowns and offering strategies to help reduce the visual load #cvi #tsvi #deafblind vimeo.com/923502001
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Ting Siu @tviting.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
@jay.bsky.team pls fix the unlabeled buttons to improve the #UX for people who use #screenreaders?
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Jes McDowell @jesmcdowell.bsky.social · 04/03/2024
Use your swell graphics machine to provide more than math and science graphics. Use it to quickly create 2D tactile representations. #TactileGraphicacyIsLiteracy
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HOW TO make a tactile image using iPad, Goodnotes and Swell Machine, part 7 – Perkins School for the Blind
Video #7 in the Providing Tactile Graphic Rich Environment series: how to create quick tactile images to put into books or projects.
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Allana Pierce @tsviallana.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
CVI Scotland with a new post on using smart boards effectively with student a with cerebral visual impairments #cvi #visualimpairment #deafblind #access
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